UC Ledger

Period 1

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Submit to DWP

Figures ready to type into your Universal Credit journal

Ledger

Every transaction in this period

What you should be paid

Business money

Savings

A rough figure, entered whenever you check

Notes

Kept with this period and included in the export

Your claim

First period starts

Monthly entitlement (£)

Work allowance, no rent (£)

Work allowance, with rent (£)

Monthly entitlement is your total before rent help and before anything is taken off — standard allowance plus child, health and carer amounts. It is on your UC statement as “Total entitlement before deductions”. Rent help is added separately below when you turn it on.

Opening balances

Business account (£)

Savings at the start (£)

Losses brought forward (£)

Money you put in (£)

Rent

I pay rent and claim help with it

Starting from period

Local housing allowance (£)

Rent you actually pay (£)

Danger zone